Thursday 3 December 2009

Unexpected Features

A few things I have encountered which were surprising - one way or the other:

Adjust AF – you can adjust the AF forwards or backwards and have the settings linked to a designated lens, if required.

RAW button – press this to switch to RAW + jpeg recording for just one shot or until the button is pressed again.

You can put copyright etc details into the metadata in the camera via a menu option. - but it doesn't seem to correspond to IPTC fields, so not much use.

The zoom ring twists in the opposite way to my Canons!

There is a "spirit level" feature which can be turned on via the menu. It shows in the viewfinder if the camera is level. Great idea, you may think, for getting the horizon straight shooting from a rocking boat, but not really: (a) You don't have time for that sort of refinement, (b) wonky horizons are a doddle to fix post-shoot and (c) the spirit level replaces the exposure compensation indicator in the viewfinder and I know which I would rather see!

I will add others as they crop up...

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